The payment covers all eligible trainees for the 2021/2022 academic year, but the Coalition of Hygiene Students is continuing to advocate for the remainder of their outstanding allowances.

In a statement, the Coalition said, “On behalf of the student leadership of the Schools of Hygiene, we are pleased to inform the general public that, ten months out of the allowance arrears owed to School of Hygiene Trainees have been settled by the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources on Friday, 15 September, 2023. This covered all eligible trainees who are to receive the allowances for the 2021/2022 academic year.”

However, the Coalition also said that they are “not disregarding the plight of the 2021-year group of certificate students of the Ho School of Hygiene who still have a ten-month pending arrears with the ministry.”